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NAGPUR: Defending the live telecast by Doordarshan of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's address on Dussehra, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javdekar today said the Government wants to instill professionalism. The hour-long broadcast on October 3 by DD for the first time of an RSS function had stoked a row with Congress and CPI(M) attacking the government for "misuse" of the state broadcaster while BJP defended it saying RSS genuinely contributed to patriotism and always patronized 'justice to all' philosophy.

NEW DELHI: Delhi BJP today slammed Congress for demonstrating against Doordarshan for the live telecast of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's Dussehra speech , saying it has become a "vision less party". "Congress in Delhi has become a visionless party whose leaders rejected by the citizens of Delhi keep raising petty issues to try and remain in media coverage," Delhi BJP president Satish Upadhyay said here in reaction to the demonstration by Congress workers. Scores of Congress workers and leaders today held a protest here demanding immediate resignation of Union Minister Prakash Javadekar accusing him of forcing Doordarshan to go for live telecast of Bhagwat's speech from Nagpur on October 2. The Delhi Congress workers led by its chief Arvinder Singh Lovely were detained outside the DPCC office in central Delhi when they tried to carry out a procession towards Doordarshan (DD)

BANGKOK: India today invited Thai businesses to invest in the country and said it attaches top priority to the development of the North-East states as it opens a corridor into South-East Asia. India's Ambassador to Thailand , Harsh Vardhan Shringla referred to various initiatives taken by the new Indian government to take the country's trade and development to a new plateau. "Opening the North East creates a corridor for us into South East Asia," Shringla told a gathering of Thai commerce ministry officials, trade department representatives, ethnic Indian Thai businessmen and academia on the sidelines of a live telecast function showing Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching "Make in India" campaign.

PANAJI: Even as almost all Goa schools are gearing up to show live telecast of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address on Teachers' Day tomorrow, Congress has questioned the "forceful viewing of the telecast. " "Such action by the (education) department will not come until and unless there is order from higher-ups. This order is politically motivated. It is like forcing students to watch the telecast," Congress' Goa unit spokesman Durgadas Kamat alleged. The state education department issued a circular asking all heads of the government, government-aided, unaided, non-government primary, secondary and higher secondary schools to arrange for viewing of the PM's address tomorrow from 2.30 PM to 4.45 PM. The schools which have opened after the seven-day Ganesh festival vacation today will have to arrange for a television set, and report back to the department.

BHOPAL: Opposition Congress today demanded setting up of a dedicated TV channel to telecast live the proceedings of Madhya Pradesh Assembly . Such a channel can be set up on the lines of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha TV , Leader of Opposition in Assembly and Congress legislator Satyadev Katare said here. "The people of the country have the facility to watch live the proceedings of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. On the same lines, Vidhan Sabha should also have its own dedicated channel so that citizens of the state get an opportunity to watch live the Assembly's proceedings," he told PTI. Terming the Assembly Speaker Sitasharan Sharma as a man of "progressive thoughts", Katare said he was hopeful that the channel would be launched during his tenure.

KOLKATA: The Trinamool Congress today wrote to the Election Commission urging it to restrain TV channels from live telecast of election speeches in states where polling was being held today. BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was scheduled to address two rallies at Krishnagar and Barasat in West Bengal during polling hours in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections in the state today. Polling for the two seats would be held on May 12. Similarly, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee was also scheduled to address two rallies at Namkhana and Metiabruz during the time of the polling.

NEW DELHI: Questioning the timing of a 'sting' operation on the Babri Masjid demolition, the BJP today alleged that it was "sponsored", accusing Congress of using "pawns" to vitiate the atmosphere before elections and asked the Election Commission to stop its publication and telecast. Writing to the Election Commission shortly before Cobrapost was to hold a press conference here, BJP sought a bar on its contents being made public. BJP spokesperson Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said reports had appeared in papers today about a sting operation related to the sensitive Babri masjid-Ram Janambhoomi dispute.

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission today announced 25 hours each of free telecast and broadcast time for the six national parties on Doordarshan and AIR for campaigning. For the 47 state parties, the poll panel has allocated 30 hours each of broadcast and telecast time on DD and AIR. It said a total of 7 hours and 50 minutes of telecast time will be available through the regional satellite services channels available to viewers across India. But the facility is not available to registered unrecognised parties and Independents.

NEW DELHI: The 90-minute crucial proceedings during which the controversial Telangana Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha were blacked out as there was no live coverage on Lok Sabha TV. As soon as the Telangana Bill was taken up for consideration at around 3 pm and Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde started speaking, the live telecast went out. The Lok Sabha TV, which broadcasts the live coverage of all the proceedings, displayed 'House...

NEW DELHI: Renowned satellite broadcasting company, British Sky Broadcasting Ltd (BSkyB) has been awarded the telecast, internet and mobile rights of the Pepsi Indian Premier League for the period 2015 to 2017, for the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland , the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, and the European territories. The decision was taken by the IPL Governing Council in a meeting in Bangalore on February 13, the BCCI said in a statement. Commenting on the development, Managing Director of Sky Sports, Barney Francis said: "It's the cricket competition that everyone is talking about and from next year, only on Sky Sports can viewers follow the IPL live.